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the bitts, watchful of the command to 
"slack off" when the proper time 
comes. The idioms, the quaint say- 
ings of the shore towns are strongly 
flavored with the sea. 

The chief business of the Cape to- 
day, tiiough, is 7-;,^. ;jar,- Joy oj Sali- 
ent ert a ining ni^ over Placid Bays 




summer visitors. They come in greater 
numbers every year, stay longer, and go away bet- 
ter satisfied. All the way down to Provincetown 
you will see the fine homes of the wealthy class 
who spend the summer months there. Cottages of 
every description are building each summer, and 
hotels are also building at desirable points. 

To-day sandy strips on the seashore that were 
formerly considered as hardly worth taxing are held 
at high prices. The town of Truro, where only a 
few years ago was barrenness and seemingly utter 
desolation, is rapidly developing as a cottage com- 
munity. 

This, then, seems to be the future of the Cape — a pleasure- 
ground for people who want free winds, health-giving ozone and 
good bathing far out into the very realm of old Neptune. 



Highland Ligl't 



CapeCodders 
begin to realize 
this and are 
catering to 
summer visi- 
tors. State 
roads have 
penetrated 
communities 
that were 
hitherto inac- 
cessible. These 
roads bring the 
automobilists. 
The Cape land- 
scape has a 
subtle charm 
which makes 
the automobile 
visitors want to 
see it again and 
again and they 
always return 
to these quaint 
towns and 
ports. Cape Cod life is a life full of health- 
j,. .'ing enjoyments and of novel surprises. If you 
want relief from dyspeptic troubles, take the Cape Cod 
You lead an outdoor life, a life that rarely gives a man 
' to find fault with his stomacii. 

Out of the perplexing and trying intricacies of city life, you 
pass into the quiet of woods, of streams, and lakes. A great 
peace of soul falls upon you. You marvel at the ease with 
which you forget worries and cares of the world you have left. 

Irritability flies swiftly away in this atmosphere. The air is 
full of healing. You are living hand in hand with Nature all 
day long, watching her gradual changes — the birth of morn- 
ing — the sunrise — the growth of storms — the loveliness of the 
color of the woods — the fascination of the restless sea. 

The most ardent golfer cannot help but be satisfied with the 

splendid opportunities he will have for enjoying this sport down 

on the Cape. Nowhere else may golf be played under more 

ideal conditions than here. There are very good nine-hole courses 

at Woods Hole, Osterville, Hyannisport and Yarmouth. Truro and 

WelUleet will soon have golf links among their other attractions. 




/-/h Inviting Spot jor the Angler 

If }ou ha\e read Thoreau's "Cape Cod" 3'ou will he l- — 
disappointed to find that tilings on tlie Cape are not as 
he described them. Of course you must tal\e into con- 
sideration the fact that sixty years have elapsed since 
Thoreau tramped along these shores. 

His book on the Cape is one-sided. He walked along 
the shore, keeping to the very edge of the water all 
the way down the Cape. He did not 
see the country inland and he had 
a very erroneous idea of it. The won- 
derful Cape country with its indehn- 
ahle charm — the quaintness of its life 
• — he ga\e but passing mention. But 
he extolled the extraordinary purit\' 
of the air and \ouched for the coolness 
of its breezes. And it's always cool 
down on the Cape. Every breeze is a sea breeze, no matter 
from what quarter it blows. 




Cape Cod roads offer perpetual varietv — now crossing 
salt meadows and causeways over rippling arms of water, 
now threading pine groves and thickets, then out on modest 
elevations where suddenly you see a wide, azure expanse 
of bay. 

Now you pass haxfields and small fruit farms, and 
again through miles of narrow roads where woods come 
close to the carriage wheels and boughs 
meet overhead so that they brush your 
face. Here and there \'ou get fine, open 
views of meadows and marshes bounded 
by woodland or sea. It is a diversified 
panorama of simple beauties. 



There is alniost an entire absence of 
signs of poverty down on the Cape, and 
yet no indication of great wealth. The homes are comfortable, 
well-kept, and cleanly. Crimson rambler roses grow riotously 




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here, and almost every home is em- 
bowered with the vines and blossoms 
of the beautiful rose. Old-fashioned 
flower gardens ornament the front 
lawns and during the summer give 
forth sweet fragrance to the passing 
wayfarer. Every aspect of these 
homes is delightfully cheerful and at- 
tractive. 

All over the Cape are windmills 
which ground the corn into meal, or 
pumped sea water into wooden vats 
for the purpose of making salt by 
evaporation. 

The salt works have disappeared 
long ago and the mills no longer grind 
the grist, but they linger to remind 
you of Holland. 

There are more than three hundred 
lakes and ponds on the Cape. Inlets 




the villages an e.xceedingly comfort- 
able boarding place. Cape Cod folks 
open their homes to summer visitors 
and extend a most hospitable wel- 
come to them. They will set be- 
fore you dainty, appetizing meals and 
you will not be charged exorbitant 
rates. 

For the man of family who seeks a 
summer home on Cape Cod, there are 
comfortable, old-fashioned cottages in 
each town or hamlet that are offered 
for rental at sums ranging from I150 
to $300 for the season. For cot- 
tages containing more modern con- 
veniences and more luxurious fur- 
nishings, rentals range up to |i,ooo 
and even higher. 

"I'ou and your family will enjoy 



The Quiet of 



rest, ease, and con- 



Uikci and IVoodi tentment in one of 



of the sea are numerous. The buffeting of the sea winds in 
winter is evident in the shifting of the sand dunes all along the 
shore. 

While the summer visitors have added in great measure to 
the prosperity of the Cape, they have not in any way changed 
the ordinary course of life of Cape Cod folks. When autumn 
comes and the summer boarder departs, life on the Cape goes on 
undisturbed. The village does not change its plan of existence, 
and the old ways go on just as they did before the summer 
boarder came. 

So it is that you will find to-day on the Cape the same 
quaint characteristics and the same odd ways of living that the 
Cape has always been accustomed to. 

There are ample accommodations in this Summer Land for 
vacationists, '^'ou will have no trouble in obtaining in any of 



these homes, and your children will thrive and grow strong 
amid these healthful surroundings. 

There is a closer intimacy here on Cape Cod between the 
visitor and the residents than you find at any other resort. 
People often return to the same place season after season and 
form strong attachments to the folks who dwell there, so that 
the return of summer is anticipated with pleasure alike by resi- 
dents and visitors. Thus much of the influence of the summer 
life is made permanent and of lasting value. 

But the life for the other six months in the year is not disturbed 
or revolutionized nor does it lose its native flavor by this inter- 
course. 

One Cape Cod village may be described as typical of most of 
the other villages on the Cape. A broad village street, above 
which the branches of elm and .poplar trees interlace so that 



you look down on its straight length as 
through an arched cathedral aisle. It 
has its sunny ponds, sacred to the gamy 
black bass, pickerel, and perch and 
water-lilv. From every hilltop is a 
lovely view of peaceful country. 

It has its churches of every denomi- 
nation; the post office Lone, Lake, 
where residents and city CeiitcniUe 




folks meet to wait for the mail; stores where 
you can always find the things you don't want as 
well as a few things which you must have; old 
houses stored with curiouslv fashioned furniture, 
rare ornaments and curios which would delight the 
soul of an antiquarian. 

In the houses are rooms numerous and spacious, 
closets and cupboards without number, brick ovens 
and fireplaces with andirons. 

Climb up to the garret and you will find ther-:- 
the unused spinning wheels, the old loom, and 
the old medicine chest with its deep drawers filled 
with herbs of all kinds. 



A Slate Road 



t a 1 n m e n t is 
provided al- 
most every 
evening. These 
entertainments 
range from a 
pretentious 
dramatic per- 
formance by a 
band of stroll- 
ing players to a 
moving-picture 
show, or a local 
concert by 
amateurs for 
the benefit of 
the library or 
some other 
worthy object. 
There are no 
factories — no 
whistles or 
blaststodisturb 
the morning 
slumber of the 
summer visitor. 
All the villages have their odd characters, like 
Sam Lawson in Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Old 
Town Folks." There is the town oracle, who discourses 
philosophy at the village grocery in the evening. And you 
will find in each \'illage old-time sailors who went to sea 
for sixty years and who now busy themselves with the 
lighter duties of skipper of catboats that take parties to 
the bathing beach or fishing grounds. 

The summer visitor will find much interest in listening 
to the tales of people and events that these sailors delight 
in recountine;. 



Perhaps the villages in the interior may differ in some 
slight degree from the villages along the shore. They lack 
the salty fiavor which is the chief charm of the shore towns; 
hut thev have the charm of woods and lakes. 



Then there is the little village library with its pleasantly fur- 
nished reading-room, supported generously by the summer 
visitors. There is the village hall, where some sort of enter- 



Vacation life on Cape Cod is wholly different from the life at 
the summer resort that the average man or woman knows abouf- 




It is a quiet, restful life and withal a healthful life. This 
is its charm. It is good for fagged brains and tired 
nerves. It will build up worn-out bodies. It will put 
new energy into the over-worked business or professional 
man. It will restore vim to the society woman, worn by 
the exacting demands of the winter season. 

But you would not want to live this life the year 
round. You are glad to get down on 
the Cape when summer time comes 
and you are glad to get back home to 
familiar places and faces when summer 
is over. 



Perhaps that is why the summer life 
on Cape Cod never palls. You want to 
go back there again and again. You 
can't tell why. You only know that you want to go and that 
you try to have your friends go, too. 




The programme of a summer's day varies but little. 
Suppose you are one who has escaped from the stress of 
life in crowded streets. First of all, you don't rise with 
the lark — the alluring pictures of country life to the con- 
trary. \'ou have a late breakfast and then half-an-hour's 
smoke while you pore over the daily papers. 

About eleven o'clock, say, you get ready for a sail or 
a visit to the bathing beach. 



If )ou go bathing, you will find the 
water deliciously warm and you will 
want to stay in for an hour or more. 
The water is free from impurities, the 
beach is clean, and all the conditions 
for bathing enjoyment are ideal. 



Then comes a sail on the Bay or Sound. Perhaps you land on 
shore to dig some quahogs. Then, hungry as hungry can be. 




you hurry liome to dinner. And how 
you'll eat! Perhaps the first course 
is a delicious clam or fish chow- 
der. Nowhere else in the 
world is chowder made that 
can compare with Cape 
Cod chowder. 

.■\nd after you'\e 
loafed an hour you'll 
either want to play ten- 
nis, or drive through the 
woods, or make a round of 
the links, or stroll along 
the shore, or. perhaps, go 
fishing. 

You'll find that hours will 
pass as minutes in this kind of a 
life. Then in the evening comes 
the walk to the postofike or the store 
to meet the Cape Cod folks and hear 
the latest hit of village news. \'ou go 



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the average summer resort with its fashionable hotel, 
its music, its dancing, and its rivalries and disappoint- 
ments. You store up enough delicious, invigorating sea 
air during a summer of this life to last you until you 
come again. 

One of the odd things about Cape Cod is the num- 
ber of ponds of fresh water which you see, no mat- 
ter in which direction you drive. You may travel 
for miles and miles and never he out of sight of 
these pools. Fed by cool springs, the water is 
refreshing and very clear. 

Cast a line in one of these ponds and you'll get 
bass, pickerel, and perch to your heart's content. 

There are 174 lakes on Cape Cod that have an 

area of more than ten acres. In the town of Barn- 

One Day's Catch Stable alone, are twenty-seven of these 

at Barnstable ponds. No town on Cape Cod has less 




Cape Cod Yacht Races 

to bed early and get up very late, and you do the same thing 
all over again the ne.xt day. 



an five. Wakeby Lake in Mashpee is the largest 
the Cape Cod lakes as well as the most pic- 
turesque, and is probably the deepest. This beau- 
tiful sheet of water is surrounded by bolder and higher 
shores than the others. It is divided into two nearly 
equal portions by a peninsula, across whose narrow neck, 
as tradition says, the earlier Indian inhabitants drove the 
deer and other game which are still to he found on the Cape. 
Soundings show the lake to be over ten fathoms, or si.xty- 
one feet deep. 



This kind of a life is far better than the dawdling existence at 



The climate of the southern shore of Cape Cod is generally 




milder than that of other portions of 
the State, as is shown by the fact 
that the lai<es and ponds of this region 
rarely freeze in winter to a thickness 
of more than five or six inches. 

The most picturesque series of lakes 
upon the Cape is that which extends 
from Long Pond in Falmouth to Great 
Pond in Barnstable. 

Cape Cod. not so very long ago, had 
a large Indian population. The only 
Indian settlement now on the Cape 
is in the town of Mashpee. It has 
been incorporated as a town and the 
iiihabitants enjoy the same rights and 
privileges as other citizens of Mas- 
sachusetts. 

The village is at the southern end 
of the town of Mashpee. The only 



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The ponds in the interior of the 
Cape are the places where you will find 
trout, pickerel, perch, and bass. Min- 
nows, shrimp, and fat angleworms 
are the kind of bait to tempt these 
fellows. 

Salt-water fishing off Cape Cod 
sounds pretty good to the man who 
is penned down to business ten months 
in the year. Down here on the Cape 
he may be sure of having all the sport 
his heart can desire. 

.At any of the shore villages he will 
find old sea captains who will be glad 
to take him out to the fishing grounds 
in their catboats. Until you have 
hooked a six-pound bkiefish or sea 
bass or landed a big cod you haven't 
Charming tasted of the full delights 
Boiirnedale of a Cape Cod vacation. 



church, a Baptist one, is largely supported by an ancient fund, 
the expenditure of which is entrusted to the authorities of 
Harvard University. The meeting-house is located a mile from 
the village in a forest and there is an Indian graveyard nearby. 



After an early morning fishing trip, what fun to go ashore for 
a fish dinner or a real, old-fashioned clambake ! The shores 
abound in clams and quahogs, and in the bays are found scallops, 
ovsters, and lobsters. 



Along the lake shore, traces of the earlier tribes are often 
found in the shape of implements, arrowheads, and other 
weapons which are ploughed up from the soil; while nearer the 
sea, heaps of broken oyster, clam, scallop, and quahog shells are 
found, showing that the Indians evidently appreciated sea food. 

There is always good fishing down on Cape Cod. Nowhere 
within easy reach of New York or Boston will the angler find 
such abundant opportunity for the enjoyment of his favorite 
sport as down here on the Cape. The coast line is cut every few 
miles by the opening of some bay or harbor — just the right kind 
of a place for the fish to spawn. 



Here are all the items of a most delicious menu. And things 
taste so good out there on the shore! The early morning sail 
has given you an appetite that a king might envy. You don't 
have to bother about the fixings. 

If Cape Cod be a fisherman's paradise, it is likewise a place of 
supreme happiness for the yachtsman. Every shore town has 
its little harbor and landing-place for sailing craft. The type 
of craft most popular down on the Cape is known as the Cape 
Cod catboat. They have a broad beam and one great sail, 
large in proportion to the size of the hull. The Cape Cod catboat 
is a stiff, safe and comfortable craft in a seaway, and you can 




School and Coltaga, Sagauiort: 

take a great deal of pleasure in sailing one of them. 
Must nf them nnwada>'s are equipped with a gasoline en- 
gine, and the owner is thus able to mal\e sure of reach- 
ing home against wind or tide. 

Like a bent arm, Cape Cod stretches out into Atlantic 
Ocean from the eastern side of Massachusetts. It com- 
prises the whole of Barnstable County. On its west- 
ward shore is Buzzards Bay. At its 
easternmost point is Chatham — the 
elbow of the Cape. 



Twenty miles in width at Buzzards 
Bay, the land narrows gradually until 
at Provincetown the Cape is less 
than a mile wide. From end to end 
of the Cape, the distance is about si.xty 
miles. Fifteen or more towns are comprised in this terri 
tory. 




The waters of Cape Cod Bay wash the north shore; 
Vineyard and Nantucket Sounds lave the south shore, 
and the Atlantic Ocean the easterly shore. Wherefore it 
is always cool in summer on Cape Cod. 

From New ^'ork it is a beautiful trip by steamer of the 
New Bedford Line or the Fall River Line to the Cape 
Cod country, ^'ou will be charmed with the voyage 
through the East River and out on 
Long Island Sound. If you go by 
steamer of the New Bedford Line, 
you land at New Bedford, the gate- 
way to the Buzzards Bay and Cape 
Cod resorts. You have only to step 
from the steamer landing to a ferry 
boat which takes you to Fairhaven, 
just across the river from New Bed- 
ford. There you will find trains with through cars waiting to 
speed you on to your destination. 



If you choose the Fall River Line 
as your route — the famous Fa 
River Line — you will have equally 
as delightful a voyage on Long 
Island Sound in one of the 
magnificent steamers for 
which this Line is noted. 

You step directly from 
the steamer at the wharf 
at Fall River to a train 
of the New York, New 
Haven & Hartford Rail- 
road. 

The train service for 
points on Buzzards Bay and 
Cape Cod will enable you to 
make connections for any resort 
in this territory. 

For the purpose of description, 
Cape Cod may be divided into three 




north shore and extends to Chatham on the east. 

Then it continues on down the Cape to the very tip 
end at Provincetown. The towns of the south shore are 
served by stage lines from Falmouth, West Barnstable 

and Hyannis. 

Let us take a little journey down on Cape Cod. 
Suppose you have come on from New York by 
steamer of the New Bedford Line. 

Arriving at New Bedford, you take the ferry to 
Fairhaven, the starting point of the rail journey. 
The train that awaits you has a through car to 
Hyannis by way of Buzzards Bay station. 

|ust before you reach the station at Buzzards 

Bay you will glimpse on your right the former home 

The Surf Near ^'^ ^'""^ '^*^ President Cleveland, and 

Sagamore on your left, through the treetops. 




Cottages on the Bluj;, ^agaiiwrc Liidih 

portions — the north shore, the south shore, and the Cape 
proper. 

The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad parallels the 



will see the roof of Crow's Nest, the home of 
te Joseph [efferson. At the next station, which 
is Bourne, you leave the train. 



Bourne 



\ A /HEN you arrive at Bourne you are in the Cape country. 
This is historic ground. Halfway between Buzzards Bay 
station and Bourne you will see the remains of the old trading 
station established by the Pilgrims in 1627. Thither came 
Governor Bradford and his little band after the harvest to trade 



with the Dutch from New 'I'ork. Gover- 
nor Bradford's history has this account 
of it: 

" For our greaterconvenienceof trade, 
to protect our inhabitants and to main- 
tain ourselves, we ha\e built a sma 
pinnace at Manomet, a Boat-Hoiisi 
phice (in the sea, twenty Scvuiwuh 




miles to the south, to which by another 
creek on this side ('Scusset') we transport our goods 
by water until within four or five miles, and then 
carry them overland to the vessel, thereby avoid- 
ing the compassing of Cape Cod with those dan- 
gerous shores and make our voyage to the south- 
wartl with far less tire and hazard." 

The town of Bourne stretches between the waters 
of Buzzards Bay on the west and the waters of 
Cape Cod on the east. 



The temptiiis; narrowness of Cape Cod at this 

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pomt suggested as far back as 1630 the project ot 
building a ship canal here. An attempt was made 
thirty years ago to dig the canal, but the enterprise collapsed. 
Another company has undertaken the project and has already con- 
structed a large part of the waterway. 



Joseph Jefjenon'i Uruve 
at Sandwich 



It is to be a 
ship canal for 
ocean- going 
vessels. The 
digging of this 
canal is second 
only to the 
Panama Canal 
in its impor- 
tance to the 
merchant ma- 
rine interests 
of this country. 
It will make an 
island of Cape 
(~od and almost 
revolutionize 
coastwise ma- 
rine commerce 
of theNew Eng- 
land and Mid- 
dle Atlantic 
States. If you 
go down on 
Cape CoJ, you will be interested in observing the 
progress of this great undertaking. 

Bourne, formerly a part of Sandwich, takes its name 
from Jonathan Bourne, a descendant of Richard Bourne, 
who was a missionar)' to the Indians of Cape Cod. 

A short distance from Bourne is Bournedale. once the 
home of the Herring Pond Indians. 

It lies nestled among the hills. Samuel Sewell, of Boston, 
built a meeting-house here for the Indians in 1668. 



Sagamore 



CROM Bournedale the railroad takes us to Sagamore. 
* '■ This is a thriving little ^•illage. A short distance from 

the \illage is Sagamore Beach, a summering place, which 
has gained much popularity within recent V'ears. The beach is 
crescent shaped, witli a floor of white, hard sand, shelving out 
gradually to deep water. This is an ideal spot for bathing. 




QpaSmit Ca.jp(E Cod 





If you prefer fresh-water bathing, the waters of Lake 
Manomet offer inviting opportunity. Fishing in this lai<e 
or in Cape Cod Bay is always good. Cod, haddock, 
mackerel, flounders, and sea-trout are very plentiful in 
the Bay. 

Here the Christian Endeavor Society has established a 
summer institute. This is conducted under the auspices 
of the .Massachusetts Christian En- 
deavor Union. 



Besides this institute, a sociological 
conference, a Sunday-school institute, 
and a summer school are interesting 
features of the life at this resort. 



A very attractive cottage colony has 
been established at Sagamore Highlands in a sixty-acre park. 
The view of Cape Cod Bay on one side and the vista of charm- 




ing country on the other side makes Sagamore Highlands 
a delightful summering place. 

Sandwich 

"THE first English settlement on Cape Cod was made 
here in 1637. Tlie village lies at the north end of Barn- 
stable Bay. With the bay on one side and rolling hills and 
woodland on the other, Sandwich 
offers to the summer visitor a delight- 
ful combination of country and seashore 
life. 



You will find many places of historic 
interest in this old town — for Sandwich 
is 270 years old. You will see the home 
of the Tupper family, one of the oldest 
houses on the Cape, and the houses of the Wings and the Nyes, 
pioneer settlers of America. Three generations of the descend- 



ants of Tupper, the famous mission 
ary to the Indians, li\ed here. 
Lovers of things antiquarian 
will delight in visiting this 
place. 

Nowhere else on Cape Cod 
has the progress of the 
times wrought fewer 
changes than here in 
Sandwich town. For 
many, this is its greatest 
charm. Its inhabitants 
for more than two cen- 
turies have been farmers. 

Seventv-fi\'e years ago the 
glass-making industry was es- 
tablished here, but the plant 
is now idle. 

You will enjoy the drives from 
Sandwich to East Sandwich, Spring 
Hill, Scorton Hill, Wakeby, and Forest- 




flock in this solitary spot during the days of the 
Quaker persecution. In those days Quakers were 
fined if they attended services of their own faith and 
were also fined if they failed to attend the Sabbath meet- 
ing established bv law. 



When you tire of the country, there are the re- 
creations of the sea at your front door — both 
fishing and sailing. 

There is excellent fishing in the lakes, pondsi 
and bay. Anglers will find glorious sport here- 



Barnstable 

OING from Sandwich to Barnstable by railroad, the 

train passes along reaches of marshland. These are 

called "The Great Marshes." Farmers gather 

salt hav here in the summer. In the autumn 



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Bass River, South Yarmouth 

dale — nearby hamlets that have a quaintness and charm all 
their own. You will see, up among these hills, the place where 
Christopher Ludlow, a Quaker preacher, gathered together his 



Bass River Bridge at South Yarmouth 

come the sportsmen to shoot the wild duck, geese. 
plo\'er, coot, and snipe. 



As you approach Barnstable village, the shire town 
of the county incorporated in 1639, the aspect changes and you 
look out upon meadows and upland. 

West Barnstable and Barnstable villages are delightfully 
situated on a natural harbor — Barnstable harbor, it is called. 
A long stretch of beach-front, called Sandy Neck, is just across 
the harbor. .At the extreme end of Sandy Neck, marking the 
entrance to Barnstable harbor, is Sandy Neck light. In this 



harbor you will enjoy every aquatic 
delight. There is very good fishing 
both in the harbor and in the bay be- 
yond. 

If you like fresh-water fishing, you 
have only to go back into the coun- 
try a few miles to fish the waters of 
Great Pond, or Automohde Road Near 
the Nine Mile Brewster 




Pond, as it is sometimes called. Gamy bass 

lurk in the quiet depths of this pond; you will also 

find perch and pickerel in plenty. 



In Barnstable village lived James Otis, a graduate 
of Harvard College in 1743 and a signer of the 
Declaration of Independence. 



Here also lived Miss Priscilla Mullens, a young 
lady to whom John Alden, a magistrate of the 
Plymouth Colony, was sent with a proposal of Sailing of! 

marriage from Miles Standish, the story of which Harwich 

is so prettily told in Longfellow's poem, "The 
Courtship of Miles Standish." Miles Standish was a surveyor. 
He made most of the original surveys of the land we are 
now traversing. 



Yarmouth 

Crom Barn- 
stable we 
journey to Yar- 
mouth. Yar- 
mouth was 
settled in 1639. 
Its inhabitants 
in the past have 
been great sea- 
faring folk. 

In the days 
of sailing ves- 
sels, Yarmouth 
men voyaged 
the world over. 
Most of them 
were ship's 
officers. Many 
acquired wealth 
in the India 
and China 
trade. This 
many instances been handed 
the descendants of these old 



Perhaps this accounts for the town's air of easy- 
going comfort. Fortunes are no longer drawn from 
the fishing industry as they formerly were. 

Yarmouth had quite a mackerel fleet about twenty 
years ago, but these are all gone now. Straggling lines 
of rotting piles mark where the wharves stood. 

The town of Yarmouth comprises the villages of Yar- 
mouth Port, Yarmouth, South Yarmouth, and West 
Yarmouth. A fine macadam road, overhung by tow- 
ering elm trees, connects these villages. 



The houses elbow each other closely along this slender 

roadway. Yarmouth has a pretty bit of common, where 

trees and lawns make a most inviting place of refuge on a 

summer's day. It was formerly a common field for making 

brick for the early inhabitants. 



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A quarter of a mile from Yarmouth 
Station is the Cummaquid golf links. 
This is a natural course of nine holes, 
which was laid out in 1895. 

The turf here is especiall\' suited 
for golf. From any part of the course, 
you get a superb view of the sur- 
rounding country and Cape Cod Bay. 

The clubhouse is the center of the 
social life of the villages of Barn- 
stable, Yarmouth, and Yarmouth 
Port. 

Tennis is a popular feature of the 
summer life at the golf club. 

From Dennis to Provincetown there 
is a splendid road all the way. 
Automobilists will find perfect delight 
in touring this section of Cape Cod. 
As you motor down the Cape, you 



Qnj^tat C^p(E Cod 



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About a mile from Y'armouth on 
the road to Hyannis, is ^'armouth 
camp ground — a fine oak park, where 
meetings have been held for more 
than twoscore years. 

Here some of the ablest preachers 
of the .Methodist Conference may be 
heard. 

Dennis 

npHREE miles from 'I'armouth and 
we come to North Dennis in the 
town of Dennis. 

Dennis was a part of the town of 
Yarmouth until 1794. 

The town was named after Rev- 
erend Josiah Dennis, the first minis- 
BnJge at ter to settle in the 
Wat Hanvich town. 



have spread before you a view of two seas. Cooling winds blow 
constantly across this stretch of land and you will want to make 
the journey often. 

At ^'armouth Port, there are e.xceptionally good facilities for 
bathing. 

The temperature of the Bay averages about seventy- 
two degrees during the season, sometimes reaching as high as 
eighty-two degrees and seldom registering below si.xty-five de- 
grees. 

There is a large fleet of sailboats here that the summer 
visitors may hire at moderate prices. 

A good hotel and several small boarding houses furnish 
ample accommodations for summer visitors. 

There are graded schools, a high school, a public hall, and 
a public library at ^'armouth. 



In 1865, Dennis had a fishing fleet of forty-eight vessels and 
nearly 1,200 seamen hailed from this one Cape Cod town. Not 
a single ship hails from Dennis to-day. Some fast and famous 
clippers were built in Dennis by the Shivericks, the foremost 
shipbuilders on Cape Cod. Some of these vessels were especially 
noted for their swift voyages to and from Calcutta and San 
Francisco. The Civil War changed all this. 

Dennis e.xtends from Cape Cod Bay to Nantucket Sound, and 
is a town of ponds. 

At North Dennis is a large, modern hotel and a summer col- 
ony of cottagers from Chicago, Omaha, Kansas City and other 
large cities of the West. 

Dennis is a beautiful town, full of quiet, satisfying scenery. 
You will want to visit the old whaling ground on the shore 
and the old Indian cemetery among the hills. 

Comprised in the town of Dennis are the villages of North 



Den 



Dennis, East Dennis, West 
South Dennis, and Dennis 
In ail tliese villages you wil 
comfortable accommodation; 
Summer life here is restful 
and satisfying. 

At North Dennis are 
fine golf links. There 
are abundant opportuni- 
ties for fishing here. Cod, 
bluefish, and striped bass 
are taken in great quan- 
tities about a mile from 
shore, and lobsters are plen- 
tiful. 

There is a mile of beach- 
front — firm, clean, white sand 
that is just ideal for bathing. 



From the bluff, back of the bathing 
beach, on clear days, you have a fine view 




from this lofty point the view of Cape Cod and the 
sea is even more magnificent This hill is the highest 

point of land on Cape Cod. An observatory has been 

built here. 

On a clear day you can see Marthas Vineyard away 
across the Sound. At the foot of the hill is Scargo 
Lake, a picture of tranquil beauty 

Bass River and Chase Garden River form part of 
the boundary between the towns of Yarmouth and 
Dennis. Bass River is navigable for canoes and 
other small craft for a distance of five miles from its 
mouth on the south shore. 

Harwich 

A S you go from Yarmouth to Harwich you will see that 

much of the land is covered with dense pine woods. 

Sired Only here and there are occasional farm 

rewiler, clearings. Unlike the other Cape towns. 



Chatham Light 



I of Provincetown to the north — nearly twenty miles distant. 
I On the left, Plymouth coast is visible; to the southwest is the 
I Yarmouth shore. Inland a short distance is Scargo Hill, and 



h front on both the bay and the ocean, Harwich 
s only on the ocean. The town of Brewster com- 
prises the northerly or bay shore. 
The villages of Harwich Port, West Harwich, South Harwich, 
Harwich, Harwich Centre, and Pleasant Lake are comprised in 
the town of Harwich. At Harwich Port and West Harwich 
are splendid bathing beaches. There are two large hotels on 
the beach. These as well as several smaller hotels and board- 
ing houses, are patronized by an increasing number of visi- 
tors each summer. 

There is a fine harbor here for yachts and summer craft. 



Experienced boatmen will take out 
fishing and sailing parties. There are 
a dozen fresh-water ponds where the 
man who is fond of fresh-water fishing 
will find ample sport. 

Harwich boasts of having the largest 
and finest town j„„j 1/,,^,. RvJer's 
hall and theater Lake at 'n\Ufl,d 



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Beach Front, Orleans 



on Cape Cod. It also has the finest village 

park — Brooks Park. This is a beautiful green of 

perhaps an acre and a half in e.xtent. 

The town ends at Herring River, which is about 
six miles long. It fiows from Long Fond t(j the 
ocean. 

Harwich roads are a delight to the automobilist 
and horseman. Radiating in every direction from 
the town are smooth, macadam highways, which 
are kept in perfect repair. 

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the Cape. It 
has no ade- 
quate harbor, 
but it has al- 
ways been a 
town of sea- 
men. 

In i8i 3 it 
was said that 
there were 
more masters 
and mates of 
vessels from 
ISrewster in 
proportion to 
its population 
than from any 
other town in 
the State. 

Brewster has 

about it the 

stamp and 

color of a town 

of sea captains. City visitors would be delighted 

if they could step inside one of these Brewster homes 

and see the store of old china, quaint armor, rare 

Canton crepe shawls, India silk, and foreign curios which 

the captains and sailor men of Brewster brought home 

from their voyages to foreign lands. 

The aspect of the villages of Brewster Port, Brewster, 
East Brewster, West Brewster, and Factory X'illage differ 
but httle in detail. 

There is a prettv little green in Brewster village, which 
is a gathering place in the evening for the summer visi- 
tors and villagers. There is a town landing on Cape Cod 
Bay. 



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Street Scene, Orleans 



A Cap,, Cod Trout 



DREWSTFR was named after William Brewster, a member of 

the Mayflower band. It was formerly known as the first or 

north parish of the town of Flarwich. It forms the bend of 



The town owns a herring brook and appoints a com- 
mittee at the annual town meeting to catch the fish and 
dispose of them. The fish were abundant in former years 
and the >ield was often as much as three hundred barrels 
a year. 



Chatham 

/^HATHAM occupies the elbow of 
Cape Cod. The ocean forms its 
eastern and southern boundary and 
the town of Harwich its western 
boundary. 

Its shore is broken up by bays, 
creei<s, harbors, and inlets, niaiving 
an irregular and tortuous coastline 
of nearly twenty miles. 

Here the water is often on the same 
day nineteen degrees warmer than on 
the north shore. 

The islands south of it modif}' both 
the winds and the waves and serve 
as breakwaters. Chatham is the 
most easterly point in the state of 
Massachusetts. Champlain was here 
in 1606. 




doorstep. One of the great chart 
makers of the world lives here. He 
knows the coastlines of the American 
continent as few men know them. 

The Cape Proper 

CROM Chatham you verge north- 
ward for the journey down the 
Cape proper to Provincetown, the 
terminus of the railroad. Going north 
as the crow flies we come to Orleans. 



Orleans 

/'~\RLEANS is a town of beautiful 

landscapes. It rambles over 

breezy uplands. It was formerly part 

of the town of Eastham. From 

n- ., Eastham were carved 

Bird s-eye , ^1 , 

y-l^y; three towns, Chatham, 

ll'ellfleet Orleans, and Wellfleet. 



It is a joy to tramp along the sandy, twisting shores. Every 
few steps opens up some new vista of delight. The depth of the 
water along this part of the coast is constantly changing and 
the most careful navigators often meet with surprises. The sea, 
with the resistless force of three thousand miles of water, is 
constantly changing the contour of the coastline. 

Every little while some new harbor is cut through the 
beaches or some old harbor is closed from the sea by a bar 
of sand thrown up by the storm tides. It is this infinite 
variety of shore front that perhaps accounts in great measure 
for its attraction as a summering place. 

Summer visitors are crowding on these shores in increasing 
numbers each season. There is a large, modern hotel here — 
perched on a slope as close to the sea as it is possible to get with- 
out being in danger of having the waves roll up on the front 



Orleans has no paupers. The almshouse has been leased as a 
dwelling. Think of living in a town where the almshouse brings 
in annual rent! There are three windmills in Orleans, each of 
which is about 150 years old. There is a valuable public library 
here. An early chart of the New England coast, which was 
deposited in the Public Record Office in London, shows that 
there was a passage through the towns of Eastham, Orleans, 
and Chatham which was used in the early colonial days by 
small vessels and pinnaces making voyages between the Bay 
of Maine and Virginia. 

In 1865 the bones of an ancient ship were disclosed by the 
action of the sea in the town of Orleans. Professor Agassiz 
made an investigation, which gave specific evidence of the 
now closed passage. 

From Taylor's Hill, a short distance back from the sea, there 
is a grand view of the Atlantic Ocean and Cape Cod Bay. 



Eastham 

/^WING to its corn, Eastham 
^^^ was a favorite place for the 
Pilgrims. Hither they came 
with their sacks to be filled 
from Eastham's great 
store of corn. 



The great missionary, 
Reverend Samuel Treat, 
whose labors among the 
Indians have brought his 
name down through cen- 
turies, settled here in 1672. 



He served the town as 
pastor for forty-five years. He 
learned to speak and write the 
Indian language. He was a father to -^ 
the Indians, as were those noble French- 
men who ministered to the Indian 
along the shores of the Great Lakes. 




A ride of half a mile from the town of Eastham 

takes us across Nauset Plains to the Nauset Lights. 

On our right are low, various-hued sandhills divided 

by narrow inlets of salt water. Let us tarry awhile on 

his sand ridge and view the landscape extending 

through Eastham and beyond to Wellfleet and Truro. 



■^'ou see a wide plain between the low ranges of 
sand bluffs. These bluffs seem to be propped up, 
much like a sheltering fence — a breakwater to ward 
off the intrusions of the sea, the ever-restless, lurch- 
ing sea. 

Some of them are covered with pine trees, but 
for the most they are bare of vegetation. This 
plain seems as level as a floor. 



And so, through thickening sand, we reach the 
Surf at Nauset Lights. They are built among the sand 

hollow 




North Truro 

We are now at the heart of the East Cape. This is a land of 
sea and sand. The inhabitants must live partly by the sea 
and partly by the land. 



the rear. Uncle Sam's lighthouse builders used 
build these beacons close to the sea bluffs, but 
sea, in perpetual motion, wasted away the sand 
about them and submerged them. 

Now they build these lighthouses farther inland and build 
them of wood, so that if the sea starts to wash away the sand 
bluffs they can move them back. Sometimes they put them on 
rollers and move them around in that way. The lighthouse 
keeper has built a bench on the summit of one of these sandhills 
and from this eminence you can look down 100 feet or more into 
the sea. There is a life-saving station close by. The keeper 




mnt C^K Cod 





Shore Collage, Provtncelown 

and crews of the life-saving stations are always pleased 
to give exhibition drills with the lifeboat and breeches 
buoy for the summer visitors. 

Wellfleet 

CROM Easthani we continue on across the plain to 
Wellfleet. At Wellfleet this level plain reaches an 
elevation of 140 feet above the sea 
level. 




Farmers of Eastham and Wellfleet 
have grown prosperous from the cul- 
ture of asparagus. These sandy fields, 
that were formerly considered of little 
worth, now bring in a large income. 
The soil seems peculiarly adapted to 
the culture of this vegetable. While at Wellfleet you wi 
surely want to visit Cape Cod's famous Highland Light,. 




At Wellfleet is located a wireless telegraph station, from 
which messages are flashed thousands of miles over the 
sea. Visitors to Wellfleet will find enjoyment in visit- 
ing this station — one of the largest and most important on 
the American continent. 

Wellfleet was a part of the town of Eastham until 1763, 
when it became a town by itself. There are fifteen fresh- 
water ponds in Wellfleet. 



It shores on the west side, where the 
village is all indented with bays, forming 
shallow harbors that are fit only for small 
craft. Its inhabitants were the origina- 
tors of whaling expeditions to the Falkland 
Inlands. 
The Wellfleet man is first of all a sea- 
man and next a landsman and he is never a countryman. He 
knows how to hold fast to the ropes when the waves are sweeping 



the decks and he learns to hold fast to 
principles in his business, his politics, 
his friendship, and his religion. 

Truro 

/^OING from W'ellfleet to Truro you 
^-^ will travel over the prpvincetcmn 
same level plain. The Harbor 




quoit Bav 



woe betide the 
sailing ship 
that gets en- 
trapped. 

From Truro 
we journey to 
Provincetown, 
the terminus of 
the railroad. 



Province- 
town 

A I the \'ery 
tip end of 
Cape Cod, with 
a steep pro- 
tecting hill of 
sand at its 
back, is Prov- 
incetown. 



Truro plain stretches from High Head 
southward to about half a mile beyond North 
Truro \illage and eastward to Highland Light. 

The sandv strips on both sides of the town, 
which were formerly considered as not worth 
the taxes, now bring in good prices when cut 
up into cottage lots. 

Truro is now developing rapidly as a summer- 
cottage community. The same feature has 
brought prosperity to W'ellfleet, Eastham, and 
Chatham. 



.-/ /( oodland Road, 
near Cotiiit 



The old-time inhabitants of Truro called Truro 
"Danger-field." It was indeed a field of danger for the 
hardy" seamen. Let a north or northeast wind rise — and 
they" rise very constantly and frequently here— and then 



To the ocean 
traveler approaching the port of Boston, this 
beckoning finger of Cape Cod, as Thoreau described 
it, is the first bit of land that greets his eye. 

If the traseler arrives off the Cape at nightfall, the 
Long Puint lighthouse, which marks the entrance to Prov- 
incctiiwn harbor, flashes out a welcome to him. Province- 
town and its famous beacon are familiar to hundreds of 
ocean voyagers. 

It is a quaint old place, rich in historic interest. Of 
late years it has gained much renown as a summering 
place. 

The fame of it as a summer resort has been spread 
by those who have visited the place during the heated 
term and reveled in the charms of the old-fashioned 
life of the place. Business men and professional men 
tired of the hurly-burly life of the city, found here a 
place of soothing rest — a place abounding in healthful and 
sirpple pleasures. 



The harbor of Provincetown is al- 
most circular in form. It is a beauti- 
ful sheet of water and affords a safe 
anchorage for vessels of any size and 
draught. 

The fleet of United States warships 
assembles here every summer. Here 
is a glorious place for the yachtsman 
and fisherman from the city to idle 
away the summer. 

There is no end to the fishing — you 
simply have to drop a line overboard 
and you'll get your till of sport — and 
fish. Cod, haddock, bluefish, mack- 
erel, and sea-bass — the waters of 
Provincetown harbor fairly teem with 
these. 

Nearly the whole town is engaged 
in the catching and shipping of fish. 
The sea continues to yield up its 




the first real democratic government 
was established. A monument to the 
memory of the Pilgrims stands on 
"High Pole Hill" and towers 250 feet 
above the town. 

The lighthouses and life-saving 
stations in and about Provincetown 
are points of interest for the summer 
visitor. 

Upon Long Point, at the very tip 
end of the Cape, is the light whicii 
guards Ihe entrance to Provincetown 
harbor. 

Two miles westward from Long 
Point is Wood End Station, the first 
of a string of life-saving stations that 
extend along the Cape. Highland 
Station and the famous Highland 
Cw^eandWharj Light stand upon a 

at Coliiit high bluff at North 



bounty to Provincetown folks — enough to afford them a com- 
fortable livelihood. The fisheries are not what they were — 
the rotting wharves where most of the fishing vessels landed 
in days gone by are evidence of that. But there is still quite 
a fleet of "bankers" and "mackerelers" that start out from 
Provincetown. 

Every foot of this Provincetown region is historic ground. 
It was in the harbor of Provincetown that the May/Jonvr first 
dropped anchor. After the good ship had anchored, the Pil- 
grims explored the coast while the women folks busied them- 
selves washing clothing. It was on board the Mayflower in this 
harbor that Peregrine White was born. 

While the Mayflower was at Provincetown the compact of 
government was drawn up and signed. In this quiet harbor 
was the birthplace of the American Republic — the spot where 



Truro but a short distance from Provincetown. From this 
bluff you get a line view of Wellfleet, Orleans, and Chatham. 

To get to these life-saving stations and lighthouses you 
trudge or ride over miles of sand dunes. The dunes have never 
been advertised as one of the attractions of Provincetown. but 
they should be. Only along the coast of Scotland will you find 
anything to compare with them. 

If you stand on the beach with your back to the sea and 
gaze over these vast billows of sand you can almost imagine 
yourself set down in the midst of a desert. 

Patches of beach grass which cattle cannot be induced 
to eat — a sprig of golden-rod here and there, and an occa- 
sional thorn-apple bush are the only evidences of vegeta- 
tion you'll see. But there is grandeur in the very desolation 
of it. 




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Crutstng off Point Pleasant, Cotuit 



The South Shore 

YOU have traversed tlie north shore of the Cape and 
also the Cape proper. 

You shall now be told of the attractions that the south 
shore of the Cape holds for summer visitors. 

Let Falmouth be our starting point. 
Buzzards Bay branch of the railroad. 

We shall accomplish much of the 
journey by stage, as most of the resorts 
in this section of the Cape are distant 
from the railroad. 

Nor has the trolley car invaded its 
peace and quiet. For many, this is one of 
the attractions of this particular section. 

As you drive from Falmouth, you travel over roads that are 
a perfect delight — smooth, well-kept highways in which the 





towns take much pride. Cool breezes, laden with the 
aroma of the sea, bring out the color in your cheeks. 

Falmouth Heights 

UROM Falmoutli it is but a short distance to Falmouth 
Heights. It is delightfully situated on a bluff o\er- 
<ing Vineyard Sound. There is a splendid beach here — 
a grand place for children to romp. The 
rise and fall of the tide is very slight and 
there is no undertow. Because of its fine 
harbor, Falmouth Heights is a favorite 
gathering place for yachtsmen. 



of Falmouth, 
front door. 



lylenahaunt 

ROM Falmouth Heights >-ou drive to 
Menahaunt, which is also in the town 
It is a hamlet by the sea, for it has the ocean at its 



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This is a colony of comfortable cot- 
tages. 

It is a care-free life that the folks 
at Menahaunt lead during the sum- 
mertime, and they do not bother 
themselves with the restrictions of 
superficial society. The waters round 
about Mena- Highway Leading 

haunt offer the jrom OsUrvilU 




Summer Villa at Oitervtll 



very best of fishing and there is a splendid 



bathing beach here. 



Teaticket.Hatchville, Ashumet,and East Falmouth 
are quaint pl.ices in the town of Falmouth that the 
summer visitor will delight to view. 



Waquoit 

\A/AQUOIT is the pretty Indian name of that part 
of the town of Falmouth which borders on the 
waters of Vineyard Sound. It is a lovely, old- idlaie Street 

fashioned village with beautiful drives through Centerville 

forests along the ocean front. It was here that 
Daniel Webster, ardent sportsman and great statesman, devoted 
much of his leisure to hunting and fishing. 
Grover Cleveland and Joseph Jefferson always visited 



Waquoit in the 
summer season. 

Waquoit Bay, 
which washes 
the shores of 
the village, is 
noted for its 
oysters and 
other shellfish, 
and is a feed- 
ing ground for 
the sea bass, 
sea trout, and 
weakfish. 

There is a 
beach of clean, 
white sand, 
affording safe 
tacilities for 
bathing. 



Cotuit 

^OTUIT is also an Indian name. It is most prettily 
situated on an inlet of the sea, at the south- 
west extremity of the township of Barnstable. It has 
a magnificent harbor. 

This is the home of the Cotuit oyster, whose flavor 
is much esteemed by epicures. This is the place to 
revel in the lu.xury of sea food — here the reluctant 
oyster and scallop, clams and the luscious lobster thrive 
at their best. The harbor is a mecca for yachtsmen and 
fishermen. 

Cotuit folks live on the water and in the water. Sailing 
is the great recreation for the summer visitors and the sur- 
face of the bay is dotted with sailboats, motor boats, and 
rowboats, and every now and then a splendid steam yacht 
drops anchor off the beach. 

The angler who has not fished the incomparable waters of the 
lakes and bay near Cotuit has an experience in store. The 




golfer, too, will find splendid oppor- 
tunity here to enjoy his favorite pas- 
time. 

There are splendid drives to the 
back country. These roads take you 
through such pretty spots as Alars- 
tons Mills, Newtown, Santuit, and 
Mashpee. 

Cotuit is served by a stage line from 
West Barnstable. 

Osterville 

There is a rural atmosphere about 
Osterville that is indescribably pleas- 
ing. It is reached by stage from 
West Barnstable station and also 
from Hyannis. The cottagers have 
steadfastly opposed the invasion of the 
trolley car, and they prefer their quiet 
isolation rather than accessibility. 



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built over the public balances and al- 
together it presents a most artistic 
appearance. 

Osterville is exceedingly proud of 
its golf course. It is a fact that golf 
may be played here with much com- 
fort throughout the year. In winter 
the course is rarely covered with 
snow, and there are more playing 
days during the year than at many 
of the winter courses farther south. 
The links are laid out over rolling 
country, and from every part of the 
course you get a superb view of the 
sea. 

Just over the way from Osterville 
is the charming summer colony of 
Wianno Beach. It was named for an 
Indian sachem. Here are the summer 
"H''e Ltve at homes of many wealthy 

Osterville" families of Boston. 




ft is surrounded on three sides by balsamic pines, whose 
odor, mingled with the salty breath of the sea, is a treat to 
lungs that have breathed the dusty, smoke-laden atmosphere of 
city streets. The roads here, as at Cotuit and, in fact, every- 
where on Cape Cod, are so good that you wonder if roadmaking 
has not been the chief business of Cape Cod folks since the time 
Cape Cod was known. The village streets and the highways 
leading out from Osterville are hard and smooth — a delight to 
the motorist. There are two good hotels here, with cottages 
connected. 



Osterville has a public library which was built largely through 
the generosity of William Lloyd Garrison, who, years ago, sum- 
mered in the town and loved it. 



As a rule the public scales of a town are not noted for their 
beautv, but Osterville is an exception. A rustic bower has been 



Hyannis 

UROM Osterville there is a splendid road along the shore to 
Hyannis and Hyannis Port, 'i'ou pass through a most attrac- 
tive section of the town of Barnstable. There is beautv in this 
south-shore scenery and you do not wonder that those who 
come here for the first time become so enthusiastic o\er its 
charms. 

South-shore residents claim that there is a larger proportion 
of sunny days along this section than anywhere else in the East. 

On the way you come to Centreville and Craigville, favorite 
resorts that have had a remarkable growth within the last few 
years. Lovely bays indent the shore line and they are sur- 
rounded by groves of oak and fragrant pines. 




QpaSint C^fe Cod 





We reach Hyannis, a progressive town, which is sur- 
rounded by flourishing summer colonies. The railroad 
stretches down here from \'armouth. 

Hyannis is a scene of busy activity on the arrival and 
departure of trains, especially in the afternoon, when the 
place is thronged with automobiles and carriages. Special 
stage lines connect the principal south-shore colonies 
with Hyannis. 

■^'achting is the popular pastime here 
and a large number of racing craft are 
owned along the shore. Racing events 
make lively dix'ersion for the summer 
residents. 

There is a splendid beach for bath- 
ing, and it makes a delightful play- 
ground for children. They may wade and paddle here to 
their heart's content with entire safety. 





Liiki- III the Hoods at South Yarmoitih 

Throughout the town there are many interesting relics 
of Colonial days. Hard and perfectly drained roads lead 
through interesting and delightful scenery to the summer 
colonies on the north shore. 

Hyannis is famous for its schools. It is the educational 

center of the Cape. It has a State Normal and Model 

school and a fine high school. For the high school, stages 

gather the pupils who live beyond walking 

dist.ince. 



West Yarmouth 

CROM Hyannis it is a pleasant drive 
along the shore to West Yarmouth 
and thence to South Yarmouth. You 
will see here the quaint houses, typical 
of the old New England villages, and in 
contrast to these is the new villa of the most modern archi- 
tecture, which has been built by one of the summer residents. 



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In these towns )'ou will find complete 
rest and an opportunity for the enjo)'- 
ment of country and seashore re- 
creations. 

There are grand facih"ties for bathing 
and boating here. In Bass River, near- 
by, the angler will find 5(,,„v„ „, 
the kind of sport he most Hvamiis 




Yacht Landing at Hyannis Port 



desires. Farther along this south shore 
are the villages of West Dennis, Dennis Port, West 
Harwich, and Harwich Port, each of which is an 
ideal summering place. 

The railroad parallels this section of the south 
shore to Chatham, which is the elbow of the Cape. 
This is the end of the journey along the south 
shore. 

These villages are rich in memories of bygone 
days. Whaling was a vastly profitable industry 
in these shore towns in the old days. And the 
making of salt likewise brought much wealth. 

A resident of Yarmouth contrived a method for 
recovering salt from the ocean and these shores 
were dotted with salt works for more than half a 
When the duty on foreign salt was, abolished, the 



H'indmill, IV est 
Yarmouth 



century, 
business 



quick!)' de- 
clined. The 
old windmills 
that were used 
to pump the 
salt water into 
the vats are 
all that remain 
to tell the 
story. 

A. sail in one 
of the big cat- 
boats over to 
Monomoy is 
one of the 
many pleasant 
little excur- 
sions that 
the summer 
dwellers in 
these villages 
do much en- 
joy. The skip- 
pers of most 
of these craft are old-time sea captains and if 
you can get one of them to recount some of his ex- 
periences, you will hear tales of the sea that are more 
thrilling than those of the magazine story-tellers. 

These old captains can tell you of visits to Pitcairn Island, 
of travels in the Holy Land, of adventures in Chinese 
ports, of shipwrecks, of pirates, of mutinies and of other 
exciting experiences. 

But e\'en if your skipper doesn't entertain you with sea 
\arns the sail to Monomoy is indeed a delightful way to 
spend a day. And you will surely enjoy the clambake on 
the shore at Monomoy, which is always a feature of these 
excursions. 

Monomoy is the lean elbow of Cape Cod, formerly known 
as Cape Mallebarre. Upon its sands the sea is always try- 
ing its white-edged teeth. For Monomoy is a shifting ridge 
of dunes, loosely thrown together. As the swift currents 

go racing by, they are ever shearing off part of the land and 

adding it to the banks and shoals. 



Looking Toward Hyannis 
Yacht Club 



It is not the Cape Cod of song and 
storv; it is no longer the nursery of 
the finest seamen the world has ever 
seen or probably ever will see. 

The one thing that Cape Cod did 
better than anything else was to train 
hardy seamen. 

Half a century ago, American sea- 
men were the pride of the world. 
To-day few are left. Not all came 
from Cape Cod, but a good proportion 
of them did and wherever they trod 
a deck they were a pattern and a 
guide for their shipmates. 

The seven seas know the wander- 
ings of the Cape Cod men. You will 
find them in business all over the 
world — sturdy, self-reliant, keen, and 
honorable sailor-men. But the Cape 




In September and October of 
each year, the Cape Codder gathers 
in his harvest from the cranberry 
bog. Cape Cod supplies the world 
with its best cranberries. 

The business of growing this fruit 
has transformed many hitherto worth- 
less bogs in this region into land 
worth $1,000 an acre and upwards. 
The bogs make pictures of rare at- 
tractiveness at all seasons and partic- 
ularly at harvest time. 

Asparagus culture also brings in a 
large income. The soil seems pecu- 
liarly adapted to this vegetable, and 
now there is a large acreage on the 
Cape and many Cape Cod folks have 
found prosperity in sandy fields that 
.4 ir,de Aiiire '^ere formerly con- 
E.xpanse oj Day sideredof little worth. 



is no longer a school for sea captains, nor will it ever be 
again. 

The old family names still remain in the districts they once 
made populous — the Howes, the Bakers, the Snows and the 
Kelleys in one part of the Cape; the Searses, the Crowells, the 
Nickersons in another and the Thachers, the Doanes, the Otises, 
the Princes and the Nyes in another. They no longer sail the 
seas. 

They were and are the pioneers in many enterprises in the 
West, a notable instance being the inception and construction 
of the first railroad across the continent. 

The ancestral acres have been sold and divided into house 
lots on which the summer visitors build cottages. The chief 
signs of prosperity on Cape Cod to-day are in the communities 
frequented by summer visitors. 



.Much of the enjoyment of Cape Cod life comes of contact 
with the manly, sturdy folks who live there — sincere, honest 
people, who live near to Nature. The life will have a variety 
of charm for you and you can pass the summer there very 
pleasantly. You have the charm of air and water and sky. 

Cape Cod mannerisms and sayings will delight the visitor. 
The traits of character, habits and quaint forms of speech of the 
early settlers of the Cape are retained by their descendants. 
They say of a man who finds his expenses threatening to exceed 
his income that "he is sailing close to the wind." A load of 
fish is called "a good fare." 

If you ask one of the old sea captains who have turned store- 
keepers and run curiosity shops and notion stores, what he does 
in the winter to occupy himself, he will answer: "Oh, we just 
hold the turn." He means by this that he holds fast and 
waits, like the sailor who takes a turn with the rope about 




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Would you know the indescribable pleasure of 
motoring o\'er faultless roads, between fragrant hedges, 
through old-fashioned villages and past shimmering 
"akes and bays with the sea ever over your shoulder? 

Come down on Cape Cod. 

Would you know a summer land that is absolutely 
different from the average sunmier refuge — where 
you may enjoy yourself with the maximum de- 
gree of comfort at a minimum of expense? 

Come down on Cape Cod. 

Would you know a healthful place for your 
children — where they may enjoy the delights of 
country and seashore life? 

Come down on Cape Cod. 

Would you know an ideal place to loaf in summer — a 
.4 Cape Cod P'ace where you may do pretty much as you 
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lout causing a stir? Would you enjov Ihi.' restful 
er that cool nights induce ? 



Come down on Cape Cod. 

Would you see phases of life and character that are far more 
interesting than anvlliing vou have read in a novel? 



Yachling on Cape Cod — .Manccuvring jor Ihc Slarl 

in water free of sea weed and undertow, anti tempered just 
to the right degree by the soft inlluence of the Gulf Stream? 

Come down on Cape Cod. 



Come down on Cape Cod. 



For the automohilist, for the golfer, for the angler, for those who 
love to linger on sunny sands, for those who love to bathe in blue 
waters, Cape Cud is an ideal summering place. 



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